Horizon Report Summary
The entire world has been moving with the lightening speed in terms of technology. Innovation and ad hoc developments continuously apprises us that we are in the era of globalization. You probably heard about the usage of multimedia and other technology advancement in the field of education but brining the idea of mobile technology, like short messaging services (SMS), multimedia messaging services (MMS) and emails in the net of education base is quite new and unique.
The annual Horizon report 2009 furnished the potentials and ad hoc advantages of using mobile technology in education. The annual Horizon Report proposed a long-running qualitative research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations. The report has identified a number of advantages of using mobile technology in schooling system. Apart from using mobile technology, the report has also identified the usage of cloud computing in the schooling system. Horizon report has revealed that such applications of mobile technology in educational context are not widely used among the schools because people are still unaware with its usage and its potentials. Each provision of technology comes under the umbrella of mobile technology have been duly mentioned and defined under the heart of the report along with its advantages and productivity. The horizon report has also revealed that if such technologies like mobile phone usage and cloud computing will be implementing on the schools then there will be a very good chance for the schools to be productive and efficient.
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